We present a global scale assessment of the impact of climate change on water scarcity. The Water Crowding Index (WCI) is used to calculate exposure to increases and decreases in global water scarcity across 1339 watersheds in the year 2050 under four Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (...
Water scarcity is a pressing issue that affects millions of people around the world. It is a problem that has far-reaching implications for both human health and the environment. In this response, I will explore the urgency of water scarcity from multiple perspectives, addressing the impact on ...
Chinese water resources are limited and unevenly distributed across space, making the inter-provincial virtual water trade increasingly prosperous. Many studies have focused on the impact of virtual water trade on regional water scarcity, but little consideration has been paid to the impact of water ...
The difference in 'actual' impact between SSPs will therefore be greater than the differences in numbers of people exposed to impact.doi:10.1007/s10584-013-0948-4Nigel W. ArnellBen Lloyd-HughesSpringer NetherlandsClimatic ChangeArnell NW, Lloyd-Hughes B (2014) The global-scale impacts of climate...
In the face of meeting Sustainable Development Goals for the water–food–energy–ecosystems nexus, integrated assessments are a great means to measure the impact of global change on natural resources. In this study, we evaluate the impact of climate change with the representative concentration pathwa...
Environmental pollution and energy poverty have always been serious challenges for the global energy system. Based on the panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2005 to 2020, this paper uses FE and sys-GMM models to explore the impact of environmental
We continue to believe it is an industry leader in developing new effective solutions that will help customers improve operations and create a positive environmental impact to the challenges of tomorrow. Investment opportunities from water scarcity The global water crisis requires tailored,...
Water shortage becoming growth risk for business The impact of the water crisis does not affect the local stakeholders of these countries solely. According to CDP Global Water Report 2014[2], 70% of respondents reported that water poses a substantial risk to their business. Corporations that do ...
Results Global flood impact and exposure. The number of flood events reported in the EM-DAT disaster data- base has increased since the 1960s (Fig. 1a). Flood events have been recorded in the EM-DAT if the event fulfilled the criteria (see "Flood vulnerability calculation" in Methods...
Water scarcity has been challenging sustainable urban development globally. In 2019, the United Nations World Water Development Report indicated that the global water use had been increasing worldwide by ~1% per year since the 1980s, driven by a combination of population growth, socio-economic ...